The Berwyn Bookshop are delighted to announce an excellent crime-filled In Conversation With... event, as we are joined by best-selling authors M.J. ArlidgeandFiona Cummins! M.J. Arlidge's latest thriller featuring DI Helen Grace, Into the Fire will be published on 3rd July, and sees Helen dragged into a world of fighting crime after giving up her job as a detective! Fiona Cummins' new novel, Some of Us Are Liars sees Saul Anguish in action - a talented young detective who readers were first introduced to in Into the Dark. We cannot wait to chat to both authors about their new titles, previous work and the future. There will also be an audience Q&A session and opportunity for reader copies to be signed. Refreshments will be available from the caf. Please note, there will be stock of the author's work available at the event, however it is recommended that copies are purchased at booking to guarantee yours. About the Books Into the Fire by M.J. Arlidge Nowhere to hide. No-one to turn to. Nothing to lose. Helen Grace is sure she made the right decision to quit her job as a detective. Until the day she looks out from her window to see a desperate young woman being beaten by two thugs. Still a force to be reckoned with, Helen races into the night and strikes the men down. For a moment, it feels like she doesn't need her badge to do good, but as she leads the girl to safety, she's struck from behind, regaining consciousness just in time to see the victim being dragged into a white van. Helen's determined to find the woman and save her, but even begging her former colleagues to help gets her nowhere. It's clear it'll be up to her alone to make the rescue. Taking matters into her own hands, Helen uncovers more vulnerable women connected to the first who desperately need her help. But fighting crime as a maverick is a dangerous game. One that could cost Helen her life, and the life of those she holds most dear... Some of Us Are Liars by Fiona Cummins She must face justice. As her sister it kills me to say it. As his mother I demand it. When Jen Miller entrusts her youngest child to the care of her beloved sisters, she has no idea of the devastating tragedy that is about to unfold. To celebrate her sister's wedding, global superstar Winter Kellaway throws the party of the decade at her luxurious beachside estate. The decorations are flawless. The champagne is on ice. The guests have arrived. But one misstep will have heartbreaking consequences that will rock this close-knit family to their core. With her life in pieces, how can Jen ever begin to forgive? Saul Anguish, a brilliant but tormented young detective, is called in to investigate and uncovers a long-buried and shocking family secret. As the trail takes a dramatic turn, they must now all face the truth that you can never truly leave the past behind . . . About the Authors MJ Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specialising in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness , Torn , The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent . In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller. His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny , was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014 and has been followed by ten more DI Helen Grace thrillers - all Sunday Times bestsellers. He has sold over 1.5 million copies of his books in the UK alone and been translated into over 20 languages. Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing A Novel course. Rattle , her debut, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. It received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers. Fiona is an Irish Times bestseller and a number one ebook bestseller. She was selected for Val McDermid's prestigious New Blood panel at the 2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, where Rattle was also nominated for a Dead Good Reader Award for Most Exceptional Debut. Rattle and The Collector have both been optioned for potential TV adaptation by Tiger Aspect, the producers of Peaky Blinders , and When I Was Ten by Palma Pictures ( White Lines and The Crown ). Fionas 2022 novel, Into the Dark , introduced readers to Detective Saul Anguish, and was shortlisted for the Harrogate Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2023. All Of Us Are Broken , the second book starring Saul Anguish, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in April 2024. Fiona has appeared on stage with everyone from David Baldacci to Adele Parks, Clare Mackintosh to Lucy Foley, Mark Billingham to Abir Mukherjee. She is currently teaching a Faber Academy course she devised, Writing Crime. When not writing in the Writing Shed that her husband lovingly converted during lockdown to give her some peace (and having moved into her own study himself!), she can be found on Twitter, eating biscuits or walking her dogs. She lives on the Essex coast with her family, where she is inspired by the shifting landscape and light of the estuary.